On June 29, 2018, the Society of Surgical Oncology tweeted a photo from the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons. The image depicted 24 surgeons, every one of them a man—what’s known derisively as a ‘manel,’ an all-male panel. The accompanying tweet said the forum’s mission was to provide a voice for cancer surgeons to improve surgical care for patients with cancer.
Lesley Barron, MD, a general surgeon from Canada, was among the first to reply